Cameraperson

Kirsten Johnson

Cameraperson

Closing Night · Q&As with Kirsten Johnson and producer Marilyn Ness

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Kirsten Johnson

2016

USA

102 minutes

How much of one’s self can be captured in the images shot of and for others? Kirsten Johnson may be a first-time (solo) feature-film director, but her work as a director of photography and camera operator has helped earn her documentary collaborators (Laura Poitras, Michael Moore, Kirby Dick, Barbara Kopple) nearly every accolade and award possible. Recontextualizing the stunning images inside, around, and beyond the works she has shot, Johnson constructs a visceral and vibrant self-portrait of an artist who has traveled the globe, venturing into landscapes and lives that bear the scars of trauma both active and historic. Rigorous yet nimble in its ability to move from heartache to humor, Cameraperson provides an essential lens on the things that make us human.

New Directors/New Films
is presented by The Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center and is
supported by the Annual Film Fund of The Museum of Modern Art, Film Society’s New Wave, The New York Times,
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